Gran Turismo Sport July update adds microtransactions
Yamauchi stressed that no cars are only available for real cash and all cars can still be purchased for in-game credits as before. Firstly, it's Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes F1 vehicle (Mercedes-AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+ in its full name), a first for the franchise.

WhatsApp starts charging business users
Facebook paid $19bn to buy WhatsApp in 2014 and there has always been speculation about how Facebook meant to make money from it. In return, the businesses will pay a fee for a confirmed delivery.

Trump demands Russian Federation probe end 'right now'
Sessions, who has recused himself from supervising the Mueller investigation, didn't immediately respond to the president's tweet. Trump has periodically launched barrages of public attacks on Sessions related to the special counsel's investigation.

Mobile, Nokia sign $3.5 billion 5G network deal
T-Mobile, which is the third-largest operator in the USA behind Verizon and AT&T , agreed to merge with rival Sprint in April. Nokia on Monday followed up the announcement by reiterating its outlook for 2018.

RBI hikes repo rates by 25 basis points
Reverse repo - the rate at which the RBI borrows money from commercial banks within the country - is adjusted to 6.25 per cent. The central bank also said indicators suggested that economic activity continued to be strong.

Zimbabwe election: International calls for restraint
The MDC opposition alliance insist their candidate, Nelson Chamisa , beat the incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa . The EU did not understand why the release of the presidential result was taking so long, he said.

Trump administration ups ante in trade fight with China

President Donald Trump has threatened an additional $US200 billion with levies of 10 per cent, a level the administration may raise to 25 per cent in a Federal Register notice in coming days, one of the people said.

"U.S. pressure and blackmail won't have an effect", Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said during a news briefing, according to Reuters.

We were particularly heartened that Trump and the Europeans now have a handshake agreement to aim for zero tariffs on both sides of the Atlantic.

USA threats have escalated since, with the President saying he is ready to impose tariffs on all $500bn of Chinese imports.

Erin Ennis, senior vice president of the US China Business Council, said a 10 per cent tariff on these products is already problematic, but more than doubling that to 25 per cent would be much worse.

Chinese officials said they were prepared to retaliate again with higher tariffs of their own.

Concerned that the U.S.'s tariffs on Chinese imports still haven't had the desired effect of getting the Chinese to cave in to American trade demands, the Trump administration is reportedly considering amping up the pressure even more than was previously proposed.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the administration needs to take this action in order to force China to end their unfair trade practices. The tariffs target a range of Chinese imports like dog food, furniture, vehicle tires, beauty products, and food products, in addition to steel and aluminum.

Investors fear an escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing could hit global growth, and prominent USA business groups have condemned Trump's aggressive tariffs.

Trump also got more pushback on his tariff plans from the U.S. Congress on Wednesday as a bipartisan group of senators, led by Republican Rob Portman of OH, launched new legislation that would scale back the president's power to impose tariffs for national security reasons under a Cold War-era trade law.

The proposal would require a more robust justification from the Department of Defense for "Section 232" tariffs such as those imposed on steel and aluminium imports and those now under consideration for autos.

Butina is accused of working with an American consultant, believed to be Erickson, on a covert Kremlin influence campaign to further Russia's interest in the U.S.by cultivating ties to prominent conservative groups, including the NRA.

Some US politicians expressed support for the White House move.

RBI monetary policy: Repo rate hiked by 25 bps
This is likely to lead to an increase in the interest bank customers pay on loans, be it home loan, auto loan or personal loan. The reverse repo rate has been hiked to 6.25%, the RBI announced after its three-day Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting.